The Lincoln Gulch Placer is a gold mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Satelite View
MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.
Lincoln Gulch Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lincoln Gulch Placer
Secondary: Lincoln Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Lincoln Gulch District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: John Lickes
Home Office: Lincoln, Mt.
Owner Name: Missoula Lincoln Metals Co.
Production
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1865-1959
Mined: 10637390.500 g
Material type: gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer Au-PGE
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Description: DIORITE DIKE
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Description: DIORITE DIKE
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: EARLY-DAY DRIFTERS FOUND A STREAK AVERAGING $375 TO A SET (4'X4'X10') AS MUCH AS $2400/BLK. DREDGE PUT IN (IN 1942) FOUND $0.40 - 0.50/ CUBIC YARD AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): EARLY-DAY DRIFTERS FOUND 50-300 FT WIDE PAY STREAK AU; OVERBURDEN IS 15-50 FT, SCHEELITE IS IN OVERBURDEN AND ON BEDROCK CHANNEL.
Comment (Location): LAT LONG ARE AT THE MOUTH LINCOLN GULCH. PLACER MINING HAS GONE FROM THE MOUTH UP RIVER TO LINCOLN GULCH CEMETARY, AND UP BOTH FORKS FOR 0.5 MI. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)
Comment (Geology): GOLD OF LINCOLN GULCH UNUSUALLY PURE, $19/OZ AT $20.67/OZ (1873)
Comment (Deposit): BY 1873 ALL WORK HAD ALL BUT CEASED. BEGINNING 1904 LOWER PART WAS MINED; 4 PATENTED, 17 UNPATENTED, HAVE BEEN CLOSED DOWN SINCE 1942.
Comment (Workings): DRY-LAND DREDGE, PITS, GROUND SLUICING (1942); SHAFTS ON LOWER PART OF GULCH AND A LONG TUNNEL BY DR. O.M. LANGSTRUM.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 31, P. 53-4.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 842, P. 115-16.
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 6334, P. 5, 26, 27.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 26, P. 55, 65-6.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 610, P. 155.
Reference (Production): MBMG MEM NO. 26
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
